Definition of "impelling" [impelling]

• Present participle of impel. (verb)

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• "But our social wisdom insists that we obey the choices of instinct; our social wisdom is only another phase of our refinement, which, in impelling us to a love of the beautiful, does not the less impel us to love."
• "There are impelling political reasons for this prohibition, which must under no circumstance be violated."
• "I had seen before was strong upon me, impelling me to give service to"